Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
She killed her friend for $9,000,000 - The Denali Brehmer story
Sat, 15 Feb 2025
This is the story of Denali Brehmer and the murder of her friend Cynthia Hoffman for $9,000,000
Who is Denali Brehmer and what was her motive?
So this girl, her name's Denali, and all Denali wants to do is impress her boyfriend. So Denali's 18, she lives in Alaska, and she spends a lot of time chatting with her online boyfriend, this guy, Tyler. Tyler's 21, he's from Kansas, but most importantly, Tyler is a multi-millionaire. And Denali thinks he is fine, but since he lives so many states away, their relationship is long-distance.
So they'll often send adult selfies and Snapchats to each other. But then one day, Tyler's like, you know what would be fun? If you could film yourself doing some adult stuff with someone else. Someone younger. Now, I won't go into detail about what they did, but Denali ends up making a P3dio tape of herself and someone else, and she sends it to Tyler.
And I guess he's happy with the result because these disgusting exchanges go on for a while. But then Tyler makes Denali a crazy offer in exchange for a new kind of video. He's basically like, I'll give you $9 million if you essay an unalive someone and then you film it and send me the footage. And Denali's like, holy, that's a lot of money.
So then they work through the details of this plan for about three weeks. But by the end of it, Denali has chosen who her victim is gonna be. The victim is gonna be Denali's friend. This girl, Cece. Cece's 19, she's also developmentally disabled, and apparently she's the mental age of about 12 years old. But Denali has always been nice to her and included her in things.
So from Cece's perspective, Denali is her best friend. Now Denali knows she can't pull this off alone, so she recruits one of her other friends to help her. This guy, Caden. And Caden is 16. And she tells Caden that she'll give him a 10% cut of the $9 million if he helps her unalive Cece. That's 900 grand.
Now there are some other friends involved in this scheme too, but I don't want to make this story too complicated, so let's just focus on Denali and Caden. So Denali and Caden get their plan already. So they invite Cece to this popular hiking spot around Thunderbird Falls. So they pick her up, and they drive to the trailhead, and they start making their way through the trees.
And at one point, they veer off the path and head into the woods. And I guess they tell Cece that they're going to play some kind of game where they take photos of each other tied up. And of course, Cece's got to go first. So they duct tape and tie her up. And this whole time, Denali's been recording on her phone and sending the Snapchats to Tyler.
Then when the moment is right, Denali pulls out a pew pew. And Caden takes it from her. And then he aims it at Cece's head, and he pulls the trigger. And then they take Cece's body and they push it into a nearby creek. And then they hike back to their car.
And then they drive to another nearby park and they burn Cece's purse and her ID and the pew pew because they're trying to get rid of all the evidence. But then that same day, I guess Denali starts to feel bad, maybe even a little guilty because she posts a couple of videos on Snapchat. And in those videos, she's cryptically confessing. saying like, I know I up and I'm really sorry.
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